Any experience with these things, wife wants one. I'm not sure they are as advertised. It would go on a 2012 Pilot. It does look like it might interfere with the sun visor.

In my experience, drivers who have these things installed in their vehicles are the most hazardous on the road, but there may be a correlation vs. causation thing happening there.

Be sure to get some of those stick on reflectors to go with the mirror if you decide to pull the trigger.

-Rob

I absolutely love my Lanechanger add on. It's not one of those huge ones.
Unfortunately they no longer make the model I prefer, and mine is ~20 years old, and is beginning to peel the silver off the back of the mirror.

A new version I tried had the mirror fall out on a hot day when the glue holding it in melted, I had to peel the glue off that dripped on my center console!

It's a tool, and very useful one at that. Properly used it can add another layer of safety.

I think you're right about it interfering with the sun visors, it's pretty wide.

We used the Wink Mirror (3 or 4 panel, don't remember) when we were doing endurance racing in IMSA many years ago, and it was a great mirror. Sun visors were unusable in racing, anyway, but they wouldn't have fit with the Wink. The one you're looking at would probably not allow easy movement of them.

Teach your wife to turn her head to check her blind spot.

Muscle conditioning reinforces the habit. The habit develops into instinct. Instinctive reactions are less likely to be forgotten or ignored.

I once crossed an intersection in the rightmost lane. A car coming in from the right blew his red-light and made a right turn into my lane of travel. I had to change lanes to the left to avoid hitting him, and missed him by inches. Even in that situation, with only fractions of a second to work with, I remember physically turning my head to the left, to check my blind spot before making the decision to change lanes left rather. The blind spot check should be fully ingrained and takes only a split second.

Agree. Trust but verify.

I use and trust my mirrors but I also turn my head to verify. I don't notice that I do except when I have neck pains.

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Originally posted by Aeteocles:
Teach your wife to turn her head to check her blind spot.

Muscle conditioning reinforces

I literally cant bring myself to change lanes without turning my head at this point.

Another option:
Set mirrors to avoid blind spots.

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Originally posted by ffips:
Another option:
Set mirrors to avoid blind spots.

Was taught that method years ago (college days) by a CHP officer teaching one of those "erase my ticket" classes. Got some really useful nuggets out of the class:
o Mirror setting for 360 degree view around your car.
o The importance of setting your headrest correctly (his partner spent months in a halo after getting rear-ended while pulling someone over on the freeway.
o Separate your car keys and your house keys. Also don't keep original registration in the car. Instead photocopy your registration with your address covered up. Any cop who pulls you over and "runs" your registration even back then can get your address, but if you get carjacked, you have not given the perp your address and keys to your house. (These days I'd consider a hot lead solution to that problem, but...)

I love the 360 degree view mirror setting on the highway, but find it almost disorienting in town driving by parked cars.

Turning your head to verify an adjacent lane is clear is an excellent policy and I do. However, I strive to always be aware of who is around me so I know before I look and the look is just a confirmation. Many is the time where someone has changed speed and I've turned and looked even though I had no intention of changing lanes because "that guy should have showed up by now". Sure enough, he was in the blind spot and had slowed down and was pacing me there. Okay, do I speed up, slow down, or turn of this street to get away from him? It takes a little effort to keep track of who is around you at first, but it isn't that long before it becomes automatic.

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Originally posted by ffips:
Another option:
Set mirrors to avoid blind spots.

My girlfriend does this, I can't stand it. I have split mirrors on my car and work vehicle. Keeps traditional angles and the curved wide angle mirror covers blinds spots.

discussions on rearview mirrors remind me of the scene in Gum Ball ralley, where one of the drivers rips the mirror off the windshield and comments

"what is behind me is NOT important!"

can someone find a clip of this

john

found it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjGXn249Fc0

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Originally posted by Skins2881:

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Originally posted by ffips:
Another option:
Set mirrors to avoid blind spots.

My girlfriend does this, I can't stand it. I have split mirrors on my car and work vehicle. Keeps traditional angles and the curved wide angle mirror covers blinds spots.

I too fought it when first introduced to it. I am glad I stuck with it. If something is in the mirror, that side isn't free to use.

The Smith Driving System is another recently learned skill that I am thankful for.